Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers formed a new product group — the AEM Geospatial Industry Group — to serve manufacturers of various types of surveying/positioning systems such as GPS and GIS/LIS. Product groups in AEM provide a forum for manufacturers of similar equipment to discuss and take action on industry issues of mutual interest. The
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
The Lockheed Martinteam developing GeoEye’s next-generation, high-resolution commercial Earth-imaging satellite system known as GeoEye-2, has successfully completed on-schedule a System Requirements Review (SRR), an important program milestone that precedes the Preliminary Design Review. With launch scheduled to support start of operations in 2013, Lockheed Martin is developing GeoEye-2 under a fixed price contract to support
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Material Parametrics is a two-day intensive design and prototyping workshop (with an optional third day) to be held in New York City during the weekend of September 25. Over the course of two(+) days participants will examine the cultural as well as technological domains of associative practices within architecture and its related fields. Participants will
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Canada’s forest and peatland ecosystems are globally significant carbon stores, whose management will be influenced by climate change mitigation policies such as offset systems. To be effective, these policies must be grounded in objective information on the relationships between land use, ecosystem carbon dynamics, and climate. Here, we present the out- comes of a workshop
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
SNIG PORTUGAL – The Portuguese Geographic Institute was awarded in July last, with the Special Achievement in GIS Award, which recognizes organizations that have gone further in using the technology of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The distinction occurred at ESRI International User Meeting – ESRI UC , held in San Diego. Read More
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
The Volvo Environment Prize is an annual scientific award now presented for the 21st time. This year’s prizewinner has for many years been a leading light within research into biological diversity and especially how important it is for the functioning of ecosystem services. This concept has been widely acknowledged in recent years, perhaps mainly due
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
ISRO – Chandrayaan2, India’s second mission to moon, is being targeted for launch during 2013. Chandrayaan2 will have an orbiter (satellite), a lander and a rover. Chandrayaan-2 is planned to be launched onboard Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. While the lander will be provided by Russia, the orbiter and the
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
TELEGRAPH UK – For 500 years, commodity traders have been trying to conquer the treacherous waters of the Russian Arctic passage – aware of its potential as a lucrative short-cut shipping route. Read More
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Google added ocean views to its Google Earth for Android application, a move that should have greater import when tablet computers based on Android arrive en masse to tantalize folks looking to surf the Web with a larger palette. Google Earth for Android 1.1 will let users check out the aquatic landscape and terrain in Monterery
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
BARENTS OBSERVER – Russian wants joint mapping, joint resource management and joint development with Norway in the Border areas of the Barents Sea. Head of the Russian state university for oil and gas, Anatoly Zolotukhin, underlines the importance of a joint development plan for the former disputed areas of the Barents Sea. In April this year a
